# Poland’s parliament votes to ease abortion ban but faces likely veto from president

- Source: Guardian World
- Published: 2026-10-21T15:01:30+00:00
- Category: World
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/21/poland-parliament-votes-ease-abortion-ban-likely-veto-president
- Canonical: https://groundlevelnews.com/story/poland-s-parliament-votes-to-ease-abortion-ban-but-faces-likely-veto-f-e7d906/

Measures would remove some penalties for those helping women access abortion but are ‘small-scale step’, say campaigners Poland’s lower house of parliament has approved two bills aimed at loosening a near-total ban on abortions, in what campaigners have described as a “small-scale step” ahead of protests calling on the government to fulfil its promises to overhaul the country’s laws. The new measu

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